With nearly 60% of providers having unutilized capacity often because they needed more work, child care providers are stuck increasing costs while keeping classrooms closed and serving fewer kids. As wait list grow, Getting providers up to full capacity would mean serving another 33,000 kids. Wisconsin's child care crisis affects not only our kids, families and childcare providers, but our state, employers, workforce and economy too. I've repeatedly proposed plans to lower the cost of child care of which Republican lawmakers rejected. (43:03–43:11)
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